Some people believe that college students should consider only their own talents and interests when choosing a field of study. Others believe that college students should base their choice of a field of study on the availability of jobs in that field.
Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.
Universities and higher learning were originally established in order to afford young students the ability to create a fundamental foundation of knowledge and build upon it. Students studied subjects that interested them; as a result, innovation increased at an exponential rate. Today, colleges pressure incoming students towards particular programs in order to increase their respective job placement rates and create a network of decently paid corporate executives. Alternatively, I believe that students should be pursue academics that coincide with their talents and interests.
To begin, school should be about learning, not finding a job. The word "job" is inherently temporary and implies a short-term time frame. On the other hand, careers tend to be long-term. Careers are found by a combination of factors: good work atmosphere and a general interest in the responsibilites. Apple founder and former CEO Steve Jobs credits his course work in caligraphy to his success, stating that it influenced his work. He studied a course he was keenly interested in, and as a result, it paid off. Perhaps if he didn't take the course because it wasn't practical, Apple would not have become the technology titan it is today. Universities are for higher learning, not enhanced job placement; students' should be encouraged to learn about subjects that interest them.
Furthermore, nobody aims to be mediocre. Students should not limit their work to "adequate." For one to excel in the workplace they must master their respective fields. This can only be done by being a student and being hungry to learn more about ones' industry. To illustrate, examine Bill Gates: growing up, Gates had an affinity for computer science. At the time, the industry was growing, but was microscopic compared to what it has evolved into today. Nonetheless, Gate's was passionate and dedicated his childhood to enhancing his skills. Subsequently, he grew alongside the industry, and is now the world's wealthiest man. Nobody would have been able to predict the success of computers, but Gates follow his passions. Commit to mastering your interests and work will find it's way.
Alternatively, there are luxuries that studying an in-demand field can offer that others can not offer. For instance, job safety: choosing to study a subject that has a large supply of available jobs can assure students a job. This safety may be what prospective students want. Incertainty can accompany following your dreams, and it is not for everybody. In contrasts, the aforementioned example regarding Bill Gates highlights how unpredictable the future can be. Currently, the Taxi industry is being enervated by the rise of ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. Job safety is not guaranteed for any industry.
Nonetheless, who is to say what will or will not be in-demand in ten years? The future is unpredictable; it is important to follow what you love, master it and jobs will come as a result of this mastery.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Did you mean 'pursued'?
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, furthermore, if, may, nonetheless, regarding, for instance, in contrast, such as, as a result, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.5258426966 154% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 12.4196629213 145% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 14.8657303371 121% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.3162921348 80% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 42.0 33.0505617978 127% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 52.0 58.6224719101 89% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2530.0 2235.4752809 113% => OK
No of words: 480.0 442.535393258 108% => OK
Chars per words: 5.27083333333 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.68069463864 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.05773154842 2.79657885939 109% => OK
Unique words: 269.0 215.323595506 125% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.560416666667 0.4932671777 114% => OK
syllable_count: 787.5 704.065955056 112% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Interrogative: 1.0 0.740449438202 135% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.77640449438 281% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 30.0 20.2370786517 148% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 23.0359550562 69% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 34.8366984021 60.3974514979 58% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 84.3333333333 118.986275619 71% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.0 23.4991977007 68% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.9 5.21951772744 75% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 21.0 10.2758426966 204% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 5.13820224719 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.83258426966 186% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.212661116637 0.243740707755 87% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0484502280231 0.0831039109588 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0605781803135 0.0758088955206 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.109501399143 0.150359130593 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.069023555355 0.0667264976115 103% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.4 14.1392134831 81% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 48.8420337079 113% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.1743820225 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.99 12.1639044944 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.0 8.38706741573 107% => OK
difficult_words: 139.0 100.480337079 138% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 11.2143820225 75% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 54.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.25 Out of 6
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